Imagine The Beatles playing in concert with a symphony orchestra.  What would that have sounded like?  Find out for yourself when Classical Mystery Tour performs live in concert.
 

Starting with their first show at the Orange County Performing Arts Center near Los Angeles, Classical Mystery Tour has been a hit with both critics and fans.  The Los Angeles Times called the show "more than just an incredible simulation...the swelling strings and soaring French horn lines gave Saturday's live performance a high goose-bump quotient...the crowd stood and bellowed for more."
 

The Fab Four musicians in Classical Mystery Tour look and sound just like The Beatles, but Classical Mystery Tour is more than just a rock concert.  The full show presents some 30 Beatles tunes sung, played and performed exactly as they were written.  Hear "Penny Lane" with a live trumpet section; experience the beauty of "Yesterday" with an acoustic guitar and string quartet; enjoy the rock/classical blend on the hard-edged "I Am the Walrus."  From early Beatles music on through the solo years, Classical Mystery Tour is the best of The Beatles like you've never heard them: totally live.
 

"We really make an effort to sound exactly like the originals," explains Owen, who admits that he and the other three Classical Mystery Tour members are big Beatles fans.  "The orchestra score is exact, right down to every note and instrument that was on the original recording.  On 'Got to Get You Into My Life,' we have two tenor saxes and three trumpets.  That's what it was written for, and that's what we use.  And on 'A Day in the Life,' can you imagine that big orchestra crescendo happening live?"